Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His black hair is cut short. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered painting. Some 6 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Zook never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Justice, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, In love. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a white costume with the symbols of strength on her torso. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her ears are large.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. She was granted psionic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Military. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 2000 gp. Finely wrought small gold bracelet (10 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp).

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He keeps his white hair in a flapper bob. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 2000 cp. Solid gold idol (300 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (100 gp).

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He wears an entirely brown suit with black socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His brown hair is heavily combed to the right. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his green eyes.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. Alexandre enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. Through the years after Alexandre was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Alexandre's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Alexandre and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and many illithids want him driven away

Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 1600 gp.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears a white vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His black leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his white boots flare out at the collars. He wears his brown hair up in a very large beehive style do. He has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He takes great joy in being the best Locksmith in town.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Gildmak fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Disciplined, Fighting, Logical. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 3000 gp. Gold music box (4000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp).